Oopsies and jumping...

Hello everyone! I haven't posted for about two weeks, so I'll tell you about my last two riding lessons. Two weeks ago, i had a lesson where i jumped the highest I've ever gotten to. The jump was about 2 foot 9! The pony that I've been riding in lessons is really a lot of fun. Her name's Fancy, and she's a 14.2hh
TB mare. She's super athletic, but also very sensitive. If i sit too
heavy on her back she kicks up a stink. Anyways, we jumped two jumps in
a line, the first about 2 ft, the second 2'9. She really likes to jump,
and she just springs off the ground. It's really too bad she isn't
bigger, otherwise we'd probably buy her. We're still looking for a
horse, but we're not going to look at any more until afterChristmas . I
was really hoping we'd have found one by now, however none of the ones
we've looked at have worked out. Anyways, yesterday i had a lesson in
the morning. It was absolutely freezing! i couldn't feel my toes for
about an hour and a half! It was worth it, though. We didn't jump that
lesson, it was too cold. I had to work very hard to keep Fancy moving
evenly, she was quite fresh. She did break out in canter a few times
when we were supposed to be trotting, but it was nothing i couldn't
handle. We did however have one incident. We were just walking on a
loose rein up at the top half of the arena, me off in la la land, fancy
very alert. All of a sudden something spooked her, and she hopped up
and to the side. Well, i was ejected from the saddle to put it nicely.
As i was falling, she reared up a little bit, and her hoof hit my shin
quite hard. Luckily her hoof didn't land on my shin, however i do have
a big bruise now. Anyways, so i stand up and grab the reins, which i
had let go of because they were tangled around my hands. Looking
around, i saw that one girl was staring at me. I smiled, and headed
back over to the mounting block. My trainer looked up from where she
was helping another girl with her girth, looking quite surprised.
"Robyn, what are you doing?" She asked. I looked at her, puzzled. "I
fell off." I told her. Apparently, no one knew i had fallen off other
than the girl who was watching me. They hadn't heard me fall or
anything! At first i thought this was quite odd, but the more i thought
about it, the more it made sense. I hadn't made a single sound as i
fell, and the only noise i made when i was on the ground was whispers
as i tried to calm fancy down. It was still a bit odd, though. I got
back on and finished the lesson without any other incidents.

Horse Hunt

Hello everyone! I've been very buisy during the weekends, because as i mentioned in my earlire post, we're looking for a new horse. None of the horses I mentioned we went and looked at again, we had something against all of them that put them out of the running. After that, we looked at this Oldenburg mare that we really liked, except she has one really bad issue. When another horse is coming towards her, even just at the trot, she bolts sideways and panics. She was six years old, and had been to a few shows so this was not a temporary condition. We decided not to buy her. After that, we went to another stable to look at a jumper there. He was very beautiful, 16.3 hand high Thoroughbred that looked like a warmblood. He was a bit too hot for me, though, and he was a roarer. Later in the week, we went to look at this Canadian Warmblood that we plan to go back and see again. He's energetic, but has good ground manners and looks like a very good natured horse. We were planning on going to look at him again this weekend, but he's got a bit of a cold, so we're going to wait a while. Anyways, just today we looked at this nice Thoroughbred gelding. He seems like something we should go back and see again, so we probably will. Our only issues, are that his croup looks a bit on the weak side, his knees aren't the greatest, and he's a bit on the slow side. I think he might be better suited for the hunters, as opposed to the jumpers. We'll go back with my trainer though, and pop him over a few jumps just to see. We're going to look at this warmblood cross tomorrow, so i'll keep you posted on how that goes. We've started bleaching our boots after going anywhere new, because there's been a strangles outbreak in the area around us,(not right where we are) that we have to be careful of. Anyways, i'll keep you updated if anything new happens.